Bally’s Corp. completes transactions with Standard General and The Queen Casino
Bally’s Corporation has completed the previously announced transactions with Standard General and its affiliates including The Queen Casino & Entertainment, a regional casino operator majority-owned by funds managed by Standard General.
The Louisiana Gaming Board approved the partnership between Bally’s Corporation and The Queen Casino & Entertainment with the merger seeing the Bally’s Shreveport Casino & Hotel, The Queen Baton Rouge, and the Belle of Baton coming under joint ownership.
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, Bally’s and Queen combined, with Queen shareholders receiving consideration of 30.5m shares. Thereafter, the Company paid cash consideration of $18.25 per share to holders of 22.8m of the Company’s outstanding shares. The cash merger consideration was financed by the issuance of $500m in senior secured notes due in 2028 provided exclusively by funds managed by Apollo, along with Bally’s available funds on hand and its available funding sources.
Bally’s stockholders owning 17.9m outstanding shares elected to retain their Bally’s stock by means of a rollover election and continue as stockholders of Bally’s. As a result, 48.4m shares of common stock are now outstanding upon completion of the merger transactions. Warrants representing the right to purchase up to 11.6m shares of Bally’s common stock also remain outstanding.
Shares of Bally’s common stock trading under the “BALY.T” ticker which remain outstanding as a result of the rollover election will continue trading on the New York Stock Exchange and revert back to the “BALY” ticker beginning Monday, February 10, 2025.
Bally’s now owns and operates 19 casinos across 11 U.S. states along with a golf course in New York and a horse racetrack in Colorado. The newly acquired Belle of Baton Rouge and Casino Queen Marquette are currently undergoing land-side conversions, both of which are expected to be completed in 2025. The Company holds online sports betting licenses in 13 jurisdictions in North America and, through its North America Interactive segment, owns Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform (currently live in four states). Further, it owns Bally’s Interactive International division (formerly Gamesys Group), a leading global interactive gaming operator, and a significant economic stake in Intralot S.A, a global lottery management and services business.
